Collection of minie balls, small arms ammunition, Confederate gardier bullets, carbine bullets, finials and pins from Loudon County and Farragut, Tennesee.
Enfield rifle marked with Tower of London Arsenal insignia and shortened to carbine length. This gun was probably picked up on the battlefield and shortened to carbine length for use by the Confederate Army.
Spencer carbine repeating firearm. It holds seven .52 caliber cartridges in a tubular magazine that is housed in the buttstock. It was a popular firearm for cavalrymen because they could fire several times without having to reload after each...
Shadowbox containing assorted relics, including an 1863 Springfield rifle musket hammer, harness buckles, a wrench, minie balls, and carbine cartridge cases.
Photograph of John Calvin Cook, likely a Confederate cavalryman, holding a Sharp's carbine and cavalry saber. Cook was from Crockett County, Tenn., and is buried between Trenton and Alamo.
One-page printed and handwritten Federal Form No. 9 (a) reflects the type of ammunition consumed and how and where it was used over a particular time period for Company K, 5th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry, United States Army. In this case, the...
